The Tau Zero Foundation
Pioneering
Interstellar Flight

Renowned researchers, educators and makers, pioneering bridge building methods, development and inspiration for Interstellar Flight.

The point at the apex of the logo symbolizes another habitable world, across interstellar space; the vertical series of dots underneath represent all the steps needed to eventually reach that world. The main focal section is our current situation, with an arrow pointing the way within a coordinate system, the glow of Enlightenment behind. The shining rings represent glowing progress.

We Now Live in the Interstellar Era

We are dedicated to building the gateway that enables humankind to become a permanent, space faring civilization, by participating in the developing space industry infrastructure, and contributing to the necessary intermediary steps we must take to go from here to there and back again.

What’s Out There

President John F. Kennedy, famously stated “We choose to go to the Moon! We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win . . .”

Before he made this statement, he made the claim: “space can be explored and mastered”

This is our mission.

“A journey of a hundred light-years begins with a single step.”

~ Confucius (extended 12 orders of magnitude)

Why Pursue Starflight Now?

Interstellar flight is a human journey. While the ultimate benefit is the continued survival of humanity, the immediate reason is for creating benefits in the attempt. Pursuing interstellar flight…

Rekindles hope for a better future, where humanity thrives and opportunities are abundant.

Compels humanity to conquer frontiers instead of each other.

Drives progress toward revolutionary advancements, not just the next innovation.